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Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson introduced Jeff Crate, Vice President, of Draper Aden <br />Associates. <br />Jeff Crate said that Orange County is already a client of Draper Aden and they want <br />Orange County to succeed in the siting project. He reviewed part of the Interview Manual, as <br />follows: <br />Draper Aden Associates -What You Get <br />Over 30 years of solid waste management experience <br />- We practice a specialty in serving all aspects of the Solid Waste Management field <br />- Over 60 individuals in our program, in the following disciplines: <br />o Planning and Design <br />o Environmental Services <br />o Geotechnical and Construction Services <br />Our experience includes: <br />- Transfer Station Design and Permitting <br />o North Carolina Experience <br />- Work with Orange County's Solid Waste Management Program <br />- Siting of Solid Waste Facilities applying siting criteria County-wide <br />- Extensive work in the public arena, with BOCCs, CACs, local groups, media <br />- Conducting due diligence on prospective Solid Waste Facilities, including existing facilities <br />and greenfields <br />As amulti-disciplined firm, we also provide: <br />- 225-person firm <br />- Comprehensive Environmental Services <br />- Groundwater Monitoring, water quality assessments <br />- Wetlands delineation, Stream assessments and mitigation <br />- Site Planning and Engineering <br />- Utilities, Geotechnical, Structural, and Traffic Engineering <br />Objectivity: <br />DraperAden Associates' Mission Statement: <br />We exist to help our clients succeed. To do this, we will: <br />- Understand our clients' business <br />- Provide full range of quality services <br />- Make best use of our clients' resources <br />- Use appropriate technology <br />- Be there when our clients need us <br />- Have a great work environment <br />He made reference to the Project Experience -Solid Waste Facility Siting information in <br />their packet, and said that, out of the entire list, including convenience centers, Draper Aden has <br />done 40 different siting projects. When it comes to landfill facilities, using the criteria that <br />Orange County has discussed so far, they have sited about 8-9 of them. <br />Lynn Klappich, Team Leader/Project Manager, said that she knows that this process will <br />take time, challenge communications, and challenge timelines and it is a hard process. She <br />said that the most challenging projects for her are the siting projects since they become <br />emotional very quickly. She said that there must be communication from the beginning. She <br />said that the process that Draper Aden uses does find sites, though. The more objective and <br />